Curriculum Vitae Megan D. Gall, Ph.D.

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1 Curriculum Vitae Megan D. Gall, Ph.D. Contact Information: Address: Box 346 Vassar College 124 Raymond Avenue Poughkeepsie, NY Phone: (845) Website: Educational Background: 2012 Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey R. Lucas 2008 M.S., Biology, California State University Long Beach Advisor: Dr. Esteban Fernández-Juricic 2005 B.A., Biology, Pomona College Professional Appointments: 2013 Assistant Professor Department of Biology, Vassar College Post-doctoral Researcher Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University P.I.: Dr. Walter Wilczynski 2012 Post-doctoral Researcher Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University P.I.: Dr. Jeffrey R. Lucas Courses Taught: Animal Physiology (Biology 228, Vassar College) Sensory Ecology (Biology 389, Vassar College) Megan D. Gall Curriculum Vitae Page 1 of 7

2 Publications (14): (* indicates undergraduate authors) Gall, M.D., and Wilczynski, W. In Press. Prior experience with conspecific signals enhances auditory midbrain responsiveness to conspecific vocalizations. Journal of Experimental Biology. Gall, M.D., Salameh, T.S. and Lucas, J.R Songbird frequency selectivity and temporal resolution vary with sex and season. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Gall, M.D., *Hough, L., and Fernández-Juricic, E Age-related habitat preference and foraging behavior in the black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans). Southwestern Naturalist 58: Gall, M.D., *Bestrom, E., Ronald, K.L., and Lucas, J.R Effects of habitat and urbanization on the active space of brown-headed cowbird song. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 132: Gall, M.D., Brierley, L.B, and Lucas, J.R The sender-receiver matching hypothesis: support from the peripheral coding of acoustic features in songbirds. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: Gall, M.D., Henry, K.S., and Lucas, J.R Two measures of temporal resolution in brownheaded cowbirds (Molothrus ater). Journal of Comparative Physiology A 198: Gall, M.D., Brierley, L.B., and Lucas, J.R Species and sex effects on auditory processing in brown-headed cowbirds and red-winged blackbirds. Animal Behaviour 81: Henry, K.S., Gall, M.D., Bidelman, G., and Lucas, J.R Songbirds trade off auditory frequency resolution and temporal resolution. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 197: Fernández-Juricic, E.J., Gall, M.D., Dolan, T., O Rourke, C., *Thomas, S., and *Lynch, J.R Visual systems and vigilance behavior of two ground foraging avian prey species: white-crowned sparrows and California towhees. Animal Behaviour 81: Wang, Y., *Mijares, M., Gall, M.D., Turan T., Javier, A., Bornemann, D.J., Mange, K. and Warrior, R Drosophila variable nurse cells encodes Arrest defective 1 (Ard1), the catalytic subunit of the major N-terminal acetyltransferase complex. Developmental Dynamics. 239: Gall, M.D. and Lucas, J.R Sex differences in auditory filters of brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater). Journal of Comparative Physiology A 196: Megan D. Gall Page 2 of 7

3 Gall, M.D. and Fernández-Juricic, E Visual fields, eye movements, and scanning behavior of a sit-and-wait predator, the black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans). Journal of Comparative Physiology A 196: Gall, M.D. and Fernández-Juricic, E Visual and physical prey availability alters perch selection and search effort in a sit-and-wait predator, the Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans). Condor 111: Fernández-Juricic, E.J., Gall, M.D., Dolan, T., Tisdale, V., and Martin, G.R The visual fields of two ground foragers, House Finches and House Sparrows, allow for simultaneous foraging and scanning. Ibis 150: Submitted Manuscripts (3): Velez, A., Gall, M.D., Fu, J., and Lucas, J.R. Song structure, not high-frequency song content, determines high-frequency auditory sensitivity in nine species of New World sparrows (Passeriformes: Emberizidae). Submitted to Functional Ecology. Brierley, L.B, Gall, M.D., and Lucas, J.R. Auditory processing matches vocalizations in American tree-sparrows, dark-eyed juncos, and house finches. Lucas, J.R., Henry, K.S., and Gall, M.D. Convergent auditory processing of calls and divergent processing of song in four passerines. Research Mentoring (Undergraduates): Vassar College: Arick Wong, Alison Ehrlich, Aaron Kim, Tymon Dickson, Jacob Damsky Graduate and Post-doctoral Institutions: Ernesto Lujan, Gilbert Trevino, Michelle Mijares, Kristen Malabanan, Margie Wineberger, José Caprile, Sarah Thomas, Leah Hough, Gwen Adame, Agustin Odeja, Veronica Ortiz, Samantha Merrick, Eric Bestrom, Brittany Brierley, Michael Littell, Matt Foertsch, Trey Smith, Joseph Sparks, Nascimento Matara, Sonji Colon Research Grants NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant ($12,450) Title: Physiological mechanisms regulating plasticity in the peripheral auditory system: implications for communication Animal Behavior Society Student Research Grant ($1,500) 2006 Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research ($2,150) 2004 Schulz Grant for Environmental Research ($4,500) Honors, Awards, and Fellowships: Megan D. Gall Curriculum Vitae Page 3 of 7

4 2012 H.E. Umbarger Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award (Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University) 2011 First Place, Sigma Xi Poster Competition Purdue Research Foundation Fellowship ($33,550) 2008 Ross Graduate Fellowship ($23,000) Professional Service: Chair, Graduate Student Recruitment Committee, Purdue University President, Biology Graduate Student Council, Purdue University Founder and organizer, Graduate Student Research in Progress Seminar Organizer, 2008 Southern California Animal Behavior Symposium Vice President, CSULB Graduate Student Biological Society Ad Hoc Reviewer (Journals): Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Biology Letters Journal of Applied Ecology The Journal of Experimental Biology The Journal of Field Ornithology Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Southeastern Naturalist Southwestern Naturalist Wildfowl Ad Hoc Reviewer (Grants): External Reviewer, FONDECYT Program (Chilean NSF equivalent) Professional Membership (past and/or current): AAAS American Ornithologists' Union Animal Behavior Society Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Association for Research in Otolaryngology International Society for Behavioral Ecology Invited Seminars: Gall, M.D., Lucas, J.R. and Wilczynski, W. Sources of variation in auditory processing. Sensory biology and sexual selection symposium. 50 th Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society. University of Colorado, Boulder. August Megan D. Gall Page 4 of 7

5 Seminars and Submitted Abstracts: (* indicates undergraduate authors) Gall, M.D. and Wilczynski, W. Prior experience with conspecific signals enhances auditory midbrain responsiveness to conspecific vocalizations. [Talk] Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting. Austin, TX. January Gall, M.D. Do you hear what I hear? Effects of species, sex, and season on auditory processing in songbirds. [Talk] Vassar College. November, Gall, M.D. Do you hear what I hear? Effects of species, sex, and season on auditory processing in songbirds. [Talk] University of North Florida. November, Gall, M.D. and Lucas, J.R. Songbird auditory processing varies with sex and season. [Talk]. 49 th Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. June Gall, M.D. and Lucas, J.R. Songbird auditory processing varies with sex and season. [Talk]. Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. April Gall, M.D. and Lucas, J.R. Effects of sex and reproductive status on the frequency-temporal resolution trade-off. [Poster]. 35 th Midwinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. San Deigo, CA. February, Gall, M.D., *Bestrom, E., Ronald, K.L., *Brierley, B., Littell, M.D., and Lucas, J.R. Variation in the propagation and active space of brown-headed cowbird song across habitats. [Talk]. EcoLunch: Ecology Seminar Series, Purdue University. October Gall, M.D., Brierley, L.E. and Lucas, J.R. The sender-receiver matching hypothesis in two songbirds: implications for active listening space. [Talk]. Joint meeting of the Animal Behavior Society and the International Ethological Conference. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. July Gall, M.D., Henry, K.S., Brierley, L.E., and Lucas, J.R. The effects of species, sex, season and hormones on auditory processing in songbirds. Columbia University, New York, NY. June Gall, M.D., Henry, K.S., Brierley, L.E., and Lucas, J.R. The effects of species, sex, season and hormones on auditory processing in songbirds. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. June Gall, M.D., Henry, K.S., Brierley, L.E., and Lucas, J.R. The effects of species, sex, season and hormones on auditory processing in songbirds. Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. May Megan D. Gall Curriculum Vitae Page 5 of 7

6 Gall, M.D., Brierley, L.E. and Lucas, J.R. Species and sex effects on auditory processing in brown-headed cowbirds and red-winged blackbirds. [Talk]. Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. April Gall, M.D. and Lucas, J.R. Can you DDIG it? The physiological mechanisms regulating peripheral auditory processing. [Talk]. EcoLunch: Ecology Seminar Series, Purdue University. September Gall, M.D., Henry, K.S. and Lucas, J.R. The acoustic structure-function hypothesis: the receiver perspective. [Talk]. 47 th Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA. July Gall, M.D., Henry, K.S. and Lucas, J.R. The acoustic structure-function hypothesis: the receiver perspective. [Talk]. EcoLunch: Ecology Seminar Series, Purdue University. April Gall, M.D. and Lucas, J.R. Peripheral auditory processing in an obligate avian brood parasite: sex differences and implications for host recognition. [Talk]. EcoLunch: Ecology Seminar Series, Purdue University. October Gall, M.D. and Lucas, J.R. Auditory responses to tonebursts and amplitude modulation in the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) and red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). [Talk]. American Ornithologists' Union Meeting, University of Pennsylvania. August Gall, M.D. and Lucas, J.R. Minding the gap: Avian brain size and success in fragmented habitats. [Talk]. Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior. Indiana University, Bloomington. April Gall, M.D. and Lucas, J.R. Minding the gap: Avian brain size and success in fragmented habitats. [Talk]. EcoLunch: Ecology Seminar Series, Purdue University. April Gall, M.D. and Fernández-Juricic, E.J. Food searching in the Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans): the effects of light environment, habitat structure and age. [Talk]. EcoLunch: Ecology Seminar Series, Purdue University. November Gall, M.D. and Fernández-Juricic, E.J. Habitat structure and light environment alter perch selection and search effort in a sit-and-wait predator. [Poster]. International Society of Behavioral Ecology, Cornell University. August Gall, M.D. and Fernández-Juricic, E.J. Habitat structure and light environment alter perch selection and search effort in a sit-and-wait predator. [Talk]. Southern California Animal Behavior Symposium, California State University Long Beach. February Gall, M.D., Dolan, T., Tisdale, V and Fernández-Juricic, E.J. Visual fields of House Finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) and House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) allow for Megan D. Gall Page 6 of 7

7 References: simultaneous foraging and scanning. [Poster]. Southern California Animal Behavior Symposium, UC Santa Barbara. February Dr. Walter Wilczynski Neuroscience Institute Georgia State University P.O. Box 5030 Atlanta, GA Phone: Relationship: Post-doctoral advisor Dr. Jeffrey R. Lucas 915 W. State Street Department of Biological Sciences Purdue University West Lafayette, IN Phone: Relationship: Ph.D. and post-doctoral advisor Dr. Esteban Fernandez-Juricic 915 W. State Street Department of Biological Sciences Purdue University West Lafayette, IN Phone: Relationship: M.S. advisor, member of Ph.D. committee Megan D. Gall Curriculum Vitae Page 7 of 7